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Westampton Township Public School District

State budget report

Burlington County · 2026-27 budget, from New Jersey Department of Education files. Budgets are set for a whole district, so every school in it shares these figures.

Spending
  • Day-to-day spending2025-26: $19M → 2026-27: $20.1M (+5.7%)The general fund's current expense: salaries, benefits, supplies and services. Not building projects or debt.
  • Employee benefits2025-26: $3.4M → 2026-27: $4M (+19.4%)20.1% of day-to-day spending.Burlington County median +15.7% · New Jersey median +18.2%
  • Everything else2025-26: $15.7M → 2026-27: $16.1M (+2.8%)Burlington County median +1.1% · New Jersey median +0.5%
Where the money comes from
  • Local school tax levy2025-26: $13.1M → 2026-27: $13.9M (+6%)Burlington County median +5.1% · New Jersey median +5%
  • State school aid, K–122025-26: $5.3M → 2026-27: $5.6M (+6%)Burlington County median +6% · New Jersey median +4.9%
    • Equalization aid$3.5M → $3.9M
    • Special education aid$1,125,504 → $1,059,463
    • Transportation aid$467,818 → $498,711
    • Security aid$216,206 → $222,515
    Equalization, special education, transportation and security aid together can rise by no more than 6% a year, and this district is at that limit: the formula alone would have given more. Equalization aid is based on the gap between what the state's formula says a district needs and the share it expects local taxes to raise. From the state's aid files: 2025-26, 2026-27
  • State preschool aid2025-26: $1.9M → 2026-27: $2M (+7%)Paid into a separate fund that can only be spent on preschool. From the state's preschool aid files: 2025-26, 2026-27
  • Federal special education grant (IDEA)2025-26: $281,073 → 2026-27: $293,079 (+4.3%)Burlington County median +2.1% · New Jersey median +1.7%Federal money for students with disabilities, ages 3 to 21. The 2026-27 award is the state's preliminary figure. From the state's IDEA award files: 2025-26, 2026-27
  • Surplus budgeted to balance the budget2025-26: $675,045 → 2026-27: $697,165Planned amount, not what is left in reserve. Does not include capital or maintenance reserve withdrawals.
Health insurance costs
  • Health benefits, audited2022-23: $2M → 2024-25: $2.4M (+20.1%)Burlington County median +17.5% · New Jersey median +18.1%What the district actually spent, from its audited annual financial reports: 2022-23, 2024-25
Teachers
  • Students per teacher2021-22: 10.7 → 2024-25: 11.5Burlington County median 11 · New Jersey median 10.7
  • Median teacher salary2024-25: $69,815Burlington County median $77,357 · New Jersey median $78,587
New Jersey School Performance Reports

Medians are across districts whose budgets are comparable; services commissions and districts outside the state aid formula are left out.

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